January-Febuary are usually the coldest months here in East Texas. On big Sam in January I usually have a lot of luck with a football/structure jig being fished fairly slow in deeper water, I also like fishing a trap to. I try to target creek channel bends or ledges with timber. Went out today from 4 til dark, fished main lake points with flooded hay grass. Didn't slay em but didn't do to bad, caught ten with two being in the three to four pound range. All fish were caught on Texas rigged zoom ol monster and strike king recon worms in June bug and red bug.